Hosea 13:8

God's Word

Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

“You know your father and his men. They are warriors as fierce as a wild bear whose cubs have been stolen. Your father is an experienced soldier. He will not camp with the troops tonight.

Psalm 50:22

Consider this, you people who forget God. Otherwise, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one left to rescue you.

Psalm 80:13

Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it.

Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of its cubs than a fool ⌞carried away⌟ with his stupidity.

Isaiah 5:29

They roar like a lioness. They growl like a young lion. They growl as they snatch their prey and carry it off to where no one can rescue it.

Isaiah 56:9

All you animals in the field, all you animals in the forest, come and eat.

Jeremiah 12:9

My people are like a colorful bird of prey. Other birds of prey surround it. Go, gather all the animals in the field, and bring them to devour it.

Jeremiah 25:38

He has left his lair like a lion. Their land has been ruined because of the heat of the oppressor, because of the fury of his anger.

Hosea 2:12

I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees. She said that they were gifts from her lovers. I will turn her vineyards into a forest, and wild animals will devour them.

Hosea 5:14

I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I will carry ⌞them⌟ off, and no one will rescue ⌞them⌟.